I thought I might upload a little process post so, people can see a bit more of what goes into each piece. I had to rush this painting out in about 4-5 days for a show deadline, so I had to work pretty efficiently. It was alright though, as I had already done the color study and had been looking forward to painting this one for awhile!
Step 1.
This is taken at about the 5th step of my process. I’ve already done the color study, cleaned up the drawing and char designs, laid down the background color, transferred the drawing and done the very light bg elements as well as started the foreground elements. Maybe I’ll get into those earlier steps in a later post : )
Step.2
Here I’ve started adding the globe shapes within the world which are floating up and around our main characters as they are ‘looking inside’ this strange valley..
Step 3.
In this detail shot you can see the introduction of the characters. I changed the character on the left with the lantern a bit in the end. The girl in the red dress who is the one ‘outside of her element’ in this painting is just beginning to take shape, also you can see her design taped next to her that I traced and am working from.
Step. 4
This is how the final painting turned out. I finished out details in the very foreground flowers, the vines on the tree, our red-dressed heroine and some yellow light rays in the upper right. I feel like I employed a slightly different style with this one.. Also, expect a lot more round pieces in the near future, as it’s something I’m pretty excited about as well!
